Chloé Zhao

Must have new things.

It's a very masculine, dominated way of looking at the world.

Must have new things all the time.

But in nature, everything goes back to the source.

So I don't mind working with IP.

It's just how we do it needs to be, I think, could be healthier, more wholesome.

Good question.

See, I didn't know, you know, I didn't have my official diagnosis until this year.

So in the past, I always wondered, maybe I'm just build wrong.

Something is off with me.

And I mean, going to the premieres or press days, you know, promoting the film is even harder because the amount of exposure, you know, going to an awards show or things like that.

And

So I feel a lot of shame around why can't I enjoy it, you know, like the people around me could be.

And then once I have some language around it, it's very empowering.

I go, okay, so the fact that I'm good at some things,

It's my sensitivity, my intuition, my ability to process information, my pattern-recognizing skills.

I can watch people and find patterns, and I can pretty much predict what they're going to do in a scene.

All those things I understand is because my brain takes in so much more information than the person next to me.

So I need time to process that information.

And if I don't process it and more are coming in, then I could shut down and implode or just have massive meltdowns.